While this isn’t new I know a lot of you could benefit from this.  Coinstar Machines allow you to dump all your loose change and get credit at the store it is located in.  The machine is awesome it counts your change quickly and accurately.  This is great because who wants to spend time rolling up loose change for the bank.  Some banks don’t even let you bring in loose change.  The downside is when you use Coinstar they charge you a 8.9% service fee, which can add up quite a bit especially if you got a lot of change.

Now you can use the Coinstar machines for free, without the service fee if you get a gift card or eCertificate from many popular stores.

Coinstar Fee-Free Gift Cards

• Starbucks
• Amazon.com
• Borders
• iTunes
• Circuit City
• Pier 1 Imports
• Linen ‘n Things
• KB Toys
• Eddie Bauer
• AMC
• Old Navy
• Hollywood Video
• Timberland

It is estimated that Americans have more than $10 billion in loose change.  If I do the math there are around 300 million Americans so that comes out to around $33.33 of loose change per American.  I can tell you that I have much more loose change then that and I bet you do too.  Now is a great time to gather up all that loose change and pick up a gift certificate either as a gift or you can use it to buy a gift.

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